COMMUNITY UPDATE:

Starting today for PS4 players, the Black Market is back! In Black Ops 4, we’re giving players more choices than ever before with the Contraband progression path to earn free cosmetic items as you play, including new Tags, Gestures, Outfits, Calling Cards, Stickers, Blackout characters, Signature Weapons, and more. As you unlock these cosmetics by playing the game, you’ll earn more ways to express yourself than ever in both Multiplayer and Blackout.

Operation: First Strike kicks off the first season of Contraband content in the Black Market on PS4 today. Also, starting tomorrow on PS4, players will get access to a free Halloween-themed Special Event stream with even more seasonal gear to earn! Both the first season of Contraband content in the Black Market and the Halloween Event will begin on other platforms one week later. Note: While start and end dates may vary by platform, limited-time Special Events like the Halloween Event will all run for the same duration for all platforms – this will allow all players the same amount of time to experience the content. Timing on updates to the game including bug fixes and other improvements will not be affected. Get more details on what the Black Market includes and how it works at the blog here.

We’re also starting the weekend right with our first 2XP event, giving players on all platforms 2XP in Multiplayer and 2X Nebulium Plasma in Zombies through 10AM PT on Monday, October 22nd. Hope you’ve cleared your calendar.

PATCH NOTES:

GLOBAL:

General

Leaderboards are now available for Multiplayer, Blackout, and Zombies. For Multiplayer and Blackout, players will start ranking on Leaderboards after playing 25 games.

Addressed an issue where player-created paintjobs may appear corrupted or stretched when placed on weapons. Previously created paintjobs may appear shifted or skewed as a result and may need to be readjusted.

As a result of significant architectural changes between updates, previous Theater files can no longer be viewed. While this is an unfortunate side effect of live game development, we will make every effort to keep instances of incompatibility to an absolute minimum.

General stability improvements across Multiplayer, Blackout, and Zombies.

MULTIPLAYER:

General

Improved spawn points on various maps in Free For All and Domination.

Added “Sprint Cancels Reload” to Options in the Controls category. When enabled, this allows players to cancel their weapon reload by starting a sprint. This will not prevent sprinting or reloading if players are already sprinting and perform a reload.

Addressed several issues with mantling and other first-person combat animations.

Specialists

Fixed an exploit where a player could use Crash’s TAK-5 for the duration of the match.

Addressed an issue where Ruin’s Grapple Gun would appear to float from the player’s hand.

Addressed an issue where Nomad’s Vision Pulse visuals would remain on enemies after respawning and during Best Play.

Improved pathfinding for Prophet’s Seeker on various maps.

Corrected an issue with voiceover lines occasionally playing at incorrect times.

Addressed an issue causing a delay before players could activate consecutive Special Weapon melee attacks.

Addressed an issue causing a slight delay before players could pick up a Power-Up.

Weapon Camos

Addressed issues with Camos not properly applying to weapons.

Addressed issues with several Camo Challenges not displaying the correct unlock requirements.

Addressed instances of Pack-a-Punch Camos not appearing on specific weapons.

IX

Addressed an issue where the second part of the boss battle occasionally wouldn’t trigger properly.

Addressed multiple issues with overlapping voiceover lines.

Custom Mutations:

Addressed an issue where players were not earning Nebulium Plasma in Custom Mutations.

Addressed several stability issues when using different Custom Mutation options.

Inspection:

Addressed an issue where Zombies characters were displaying incorrectly in the Inspection menu.

BLACKOUT

General:

Addressed issues with Splitscreen stability in the Staging Area.

Challenges:

Addressed an issue with Challenges incorrectly tracking wins in Duos and Quads.

Awareness Perk:

Maximum player footstep volume while active has been lowered.

Material sounds are now more audible over larger distances while active.

PC CHANGES:

General

Fixed a crash related to equipping a Hellion Salvo with any Camo and the Fast Lock Attachment.

Addressed an issue where right-clicking in the Scoreboard could prevent mouse functionality.

Addressed an issue in the Paintshop where the paintjob preview wasn’t rendering properly.

General stability improvements.

Performance

Fixed an issue that should improve performance for players reporting stuttering. The Beenox team will continue to monitor performance closely for future updates.

Improved network connection stability when using voice chat.

Zombies

Fixed an occasional crash during higher rounds on IX.

Blackout

Players can now report other users after viewing the Killcam.

Addressed an issue where FOV didn’t properly reset after using a Gesture.

Beyond the patch notes, Treyarch also shared some of the issues they are still tracking:

International Lobby Populations

To our players experiencing trouble starting full Blackout and MP matches in certain areas at specific times of the day (parts of South America, South Africa, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East): we hear you. We are investigating multiple options to give everyone the best possible experience by connecting players to the closest well-populated server with without negatively impacting other players on that server. Please stay tuned as we roll out updates to help alleviate this issue.

Zombies Weapon Camos

Gold, Diamond, and Dark Matter camos will be coming to Zombies in a future update. We hear you loud and clear.

Hosts Exiting Zombies

We are aware of players’ games ending when the host exits. We’re working on a solution and will update you with further details soon.